Ian Charleson
Filmography

Year
Title
Role
Notes
1972
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Gad
Televised stage musical, ensemble role
1973
Hopcraft Into Europe
Guillaume
TV play (ITV Sunday Night Theatre), main cast
1974
A Private Matter (ITV Sunday Night Theatre)
Anthony Black-Mathieson
TV play, starring role
1974
Intimate Strangers
Tom Anson
TV series (2 episodes), small role
1975
O Canada
John Ross
TV play (in the anthology series Churchill's People), leading role
1976
The Paradise Run
Henry
TV movie, leading role
1977
Rock Follies of '77
Jimmy Smiles
TV series; episode: "The Empire", singing role
1978
Jubilee
Angel
Feature film, supporting role
1980
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Fortinbras
BBC Television Shakespeare
1981
All's Well that Ends Well
Bertram
BBC Television Shakespeare, lead role
1981
Chariots of Fire
Eric Liddell
Feature film, starring role, film won the Academy Award for Best Picture
1981
The Search for Alexander the Great
Hephaistion
TV mini-series, supporting role
1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar
BBC Television Shakespeare
1981
Ladykillers
Neville Heath
TV series (murder trial reenactment) ep: "Make It a Double", starring role
1982
ITV Playhouse: Something's Got to Give
Ian Arthur
TV play, lead role
1982
Gandhi
Charlie Andrews
Feature film, main cast, film won the Academy Award for Best Picture
1983
Ascendancy
Lt. Ryder
Feature film, supporting role, film won the Golden Bear Award
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Lockhart
TV miniseries (3 episodes), small role
1984
The Devil's Lieutenant
Lt. Dorfrichter
TV movie, title role
1984
Master of the Game
Jamie McGregor
TV mini-series, leading role
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Jeffson Brown
Feature film, small role
1984
Scotland's Story
Prince Charles Edward Stewart
TV mini-series, small role
1984
Louisiana
Clarence Dandridge
TV mini-series, leading role
1984
Oxbridge Blues
Victor Geary
TV play, ep. "Oxbridge Blues", starring role
1984
The Sun Also Rises
Mike Campbell
TV movie, small role
1985
Royal Night of 100 Stars
Himself
Singing performance, "You're Just in Love"
1985
A Month in the Country
Rakitin
TV movie, leading role
1986
Car Trouble
Gerald Spong
Feature film, leading role
1987
Opera
Marco
Feature film, main cast
1988
Codename: Kyril
Kyril
TV movie, title role
1988
Troubles
Maj. Brendan Archer
TV movie, starring role

Question: In what movie did Ian Charleson play Eric Liddell, and what year did the movie come out?
Answer: Ian Charleson played Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire, in 1981.